Back in December, we brought you a series of stories from the Gulf States Newsroom’s justice, race, and equity reporter, Bobbi-Jeanne Misick. For over a year, she’s been following the journeys of Cameroonian asylum seekers in the United States, many of whom were fleeing a brutal conflict that erupted in 2017.

But many of these asylum seekers were sent to a part of the Deep South where detention centers were rapidly expanding and a wave of conservative immigration judges had just taken the bench.

Today, we are dedicating our entire show to Bobbi’s reporting, which was done in collaboration with Type Investigations. We’ll hear from asylum-seekers, look into abuse allegations in detention centers, and listen to Bobbi’s reflections from her reporting.

Today’s episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Diane Mack. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber and our digital editor is Katelyn Umholtz. Our engineers are Garrett Pittman, Aubry Procell, and Thomas Walsh. 

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